Home Again

Poetry prompt using words ...eyes miles headlights weary stars travels home woods

I have reached the end of my travels
now to make my way home
My weary bones can no longer take
the bumps in the road

I shield my eyes
against the headlights of shame
My heart laden with sorrow
for a life with unrealized gains

I lost my way
miles and miles ago
wandering in the thickness of the woods
fighting the harshness of the cold

But I fight no more
I now admit defeat
I make my way home
to lick my wounds in peace

I no longer see the world
as a place of possibilities
but as the graveyard of fallen stars
and lost opportunities

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